def getowner(path2):
   import os
   if not os.path.exists(path2):
       print ""path2" does not exsit."
       exitcode(2)
   tmp=None
   if os.path.isdir(path2):
       tmp=os.popen("ls -ld %s|
awk '{print $3}' " % path2).readlines()
   else:
       tmp=os.popen("ls -l %s|awk '{print $3}' "% path2).readlines()
   return tmp[0].strip()